sure. as best i can. obviously my agency operates differently than other agencies throughout the united states. not to say one is right and one is wrong. but since the increase in school shootings has occurred, most police agencies have developed what we call a rapid deployment situation. and it used to be that the s.w.a.t. teams, or special operations units would respond, and they would deploy rapidly without even forming a game plan. immediately upon arrival, the first arriving s.w.a.t. team officer or two that enter the structure on the school, try to handle the situation. however, we found that oftentimes the first people on scene in law enforcement capacity are police officers, patrol officers, traffic officers who now need to assume that responsibility. we re well past the days when we could afford to sit around and form a game plan, and then
fire commissioner. you know this area, you know the new york fire department. set the scene for me, if you will, what s happening on the ground, what are the priorities? well, i think the biggest concern for these guys at this point after an hour is the fact that they are unable to get in there and search. some of the reports are saying there s nobody in the building. if that s the case, that will make everybody really happy. they probably will not take that as verifying until they get in there themselves and check it out. that s the difficult part, all that debris that s come down, fire is still roaring underneath, water hasn t put the fire out, probably not getting to it, this being run off in different directions, so all that smoke, difficult for guys to even tunnel through from the back. i m sure there s rescue units, collapsed units, special operations units are trying to figure out how to get in there if there s anybody that needs help, and if there is somebody in there, they a
exactly what we deal with here in the united states. there are people overseas fighting for our freedom all the time and for our freedom and we don t know what s going on. this happens without our knowledge until something like this occurs where a leader may have been taken out, involved in a fight and they have to retreat. we don t really know about it. that is so right, don. i think the members of special operations units would tell you if they could that they are involved every day around the world. much of what they do, actually, hopefully, most days is working with other militaries around the world, working in peaceful situations, but very often, as you said, they are involved in antiterrorism missions, basically going after bad guys and doing it in the shadows so often. not getting any public acknowledgement for what they do and, you know, i think it s
other than to say, on capitol hill here, certain lay frenzy s scene with police vehicles, lights, sirens, the s.w.a.t. team type officers were there, special operations units, and then we got notified at 3:01 that the order had been lifted as far as the shelter in place. so, they the capitol police had it under control very quickly. so went from 2:25 to 3:00. congressman peter coining, thank you very much, sir. just to update, the congressman is exactly right. we heard the contradictory reports the suspect was shot and killed, and also reports the suspect was taken into custody. that news conference we ve been talking about is supposed to happen in three or four minutes. again, this is a car that tried to ram the white house gates and then moved down constitution avenue, that s where the car
drones and hellfire missile is less than 300 and there is a limited number of trained operators and communication s hubs and secower channels and in iraq is no longer available for americans to launch these. it is not just drone strikes. we have cut back on counter terrorism operations. last year we were in somalia with kenyan and uganda units and drove al shabab out of moga dishu. special deployments are cut since last year. the number of u.s. vessels in the mediterranean and indian ocean and persian gulf are cut back. and this will make new. dea fast units and support teams that operate in the u.s. military special operations units to attack the heart of